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The original Pearl Harbor movie provides a torrid look at military life just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, with remarkable performances from Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Donna Reed and Deborah Kerr.

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It took an eternity but I finally had to have this bluray. The black and white photography is really sharp with very little artifacting looking much like a new film and the DTS tracks were bright, crisp and fulsome leaving nothing wanting. In particular we noticed the scene where Montgomery Clift blows taps no hiss surfaced in the dead silence of the solemn scene, just the pure clear notes of his lonesome trumpet; when it went silent it was a full silence, not dead, and no hiss at all. Very nice tracks to listen to dialog of some great performances by huge stars of an era before my time. Really enjoyed the pristine picture quality of Hawaii locations. The attack on Pearl Harbor looked great. I was tempted to give 5 stars

From Here to Eternity is a classic film that took theater audiences by storm when first released in 1953, and was even considered fairly risqué in spite of its many awards. Today it seems a bit contrived rather than risqué, but still rates five stars, I think, for its strong linkage with historical fact (the pre-war Scofield Army Barracks under attack by Japanese planes on December 7, 1941). Many of its star-studded cast went on to glory (Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, Donna Reed, et al), and the film's portrayal of the nondescript peacetime army was one of its real accomplishments. If you haven't seen it for ages, take another look. If you haven't ever seen it, enjoy its portrayal of prewar Hawaii.

First time that I have ever seen this movie and to be honest I was not as impressed as I thought I was going to be. I will admit that I got lost in thought at times due to boredom or annoyance. I hate the types of movies that prey on the single or solitary outcast character who refuses to go with the flow and has his own thoughts and the constant harassment of the Montgomery Clift character was offensive to me and the fact that his commanding officer allowed it even more so. I may give it another try but can't promise anything, maybe if I get past the training parts there is something after it. As I said I drifted quite a bit.

The movie focus is on a dysfunctional army unit located in Hawaii right before the Perl harbor attack. The characters are not developed much... a cheating officer's wife, a company 1SG that is fooling around with his company commander'd wife, a private that loves the Army but does not want to box for his unit, NCOs that make life hell for that private.... and a really un-believable ending to the private's life.... event, event, event... not much of a plot..

Well, what can I say that hasn't already been said before? This is such a classic, one of the most beautiful movies of all time. Some movies should never be remade and this one stands perfect as is. The star studded cast and the beautiful script make this movie one of the best movies ever. Montgomery Clift deserved an Oscar for this performance and should get an honorary Oscar for whoever is reading this. Thank-you to people like Fred Z. who went out on a limb to get the best actor for this movie!!!This is my all time favorite movie and I highly recommend this to everyone who is a lover of older movies.

I wanted to see the movie Frank Sinatra got an Oscar for. I am a fan of his music since childhood. I also like some of his movies and feel is is a good actor in the right part-well this wasn't it.I have seen the snippet of Burt Lancaster on the beach with Deborah Kerr numerous times. This piqued my interest and also because I finished reading Tina Sinatra's book on her father. BTW "My Father Daughter was a great book and I will review wit another time.The movie takes place right before the bombing of Pearl harbor in Hawaii. I do NOT understand why Donna Reed played a high class hooker. She was totally miscast. Deborah Kerr looked the part with her hair dyed platinum blond and sashaying around in short shorts. She played a wife who cheats on her cheating husband. Tit for tat. Her American accent was good, but there was no depth to her relationship with Burt Lancaster. He was okay here.... but if you want to see him shine watch Elmer Gantry instead. He is bigger than life in that part and not just good to look at. .Frank Sinatra had a very small part as a drunk. Why he lobbied for this part I do not know. It was a waste of his talent and not Oscar worthy nor was Donna Reed deserving of an Oscar.Does one good cry merit an Oscar back in the early fifties? I would not know-I was not born yet. For a fantastic Oscar winning movie that takes place after the was watch The Best Years of our Lives. Everyone deserved an Oscar on that.There was one shining star among the cast. Montgomery Cliff played an the ex-prize fighter they were trying to force back in the ring. He held the film together like Krazy glue. His feelings are out there and he touched all my nerves and his acting was phenomenal. . I was rooting for him and guessed what was going to happen at the end of this miscast soap opera.Ernest Borgnine was fine as Fatso a huge bully. He fit the part like a glove.The parts were not three dimensional except for Pruitt played by Montgomery Clift. The story line lacked a plot! I know people will take exception to my review because this is a classic and as a huge film buff I wish I had loved it and could recommend it.Even though Frank Sinatra's part was so small I am glad it jump started his career because he can act. The part was small and there was nothing he could do with it.Someone sexy should have been cast as the high priced call girl. Donna Reed needs to go bake cookies in a pearl necklace.They interspersed some actual footage of Pearl Harbor at the end of this highly disappointing and depressing piece of fluffernutted war epic.If you don't mind being bored and can subsist on one good performance be my guest and watch. That's all folks.

Another classic film that is STUNNING on blu-ray! Even better than I remembered (thought I would be skipping through parts with my remote, but never did). Deborah Kerr was so good. No wonder she was my dad's favorite actress! There is no hint of her British background here ... She's all American! This is also one of Burt's best, too. Yes, he's kind of "wooden" as always, but there's something about him that keeps your attention. Frank and Montgomery and Donna are good, too, but I'm more compelled by Burt and Deborah's storyline.